Device for facilitating the threading or drawing-in of weaving-warp.



F. WARD & H. FLEMING.

DEVICE FOR FACILITATING THE THREADING 0R DRAWING-IN 0F WEAVING WARP.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.I5. 1911.

3 SHEETS-SHEET l- 11,292,175. Patented Jun. 21,1919.

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F. WARD & H. FLEMING.

DEVICE FOR FACILITATING THE THREADING 0R DRAWING-IN 0F WEAVING WARP. APPLICATION men/we. 15, I917.

1,292,175. Patented Jan. 21,1919.

3 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

F. WARD & H. FLEMING.

DEVICE FOR FACILITATING THE THBEADING 0R DRAWING-IN 0F WEAVING WARP.

APPLICATION FILED AUG-I5. 1911.

1,292,175. Q Patented Jan. 21,1919.

3 SHEETS-SHEET 3.

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FRANK WARD, OF BLACKBURN, AND HARRY FLEMING, 0F ABBEY VILLAGE, NEAR CHORLEY, ENGLAND.

DEVICE FOR FACILITATING THE THREADING 0R DRAWING-IN 0F WEAITING-WARIP'.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, FRANK WARD and HARRY FLEMING, subjects of the King of Great Britain, residing at Blackburn and Abbey Village, near Chorley, both in the county of Lancaster and Kingdom of England, respectively, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Devices for Facilitating the Threading or Drawingin of Weaving-Warp, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to improvements in devices for facilitating the threading or drawing-in of weaving warp into reeds for looms.

The invention will be more particularly described with reference to the accompanying drawings in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of the complete device in one form;

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the improved selecting mechanism;

Fig. 3 is a corresponding top plan view; Fig. 4 is a corresponding bottom plan view, and

Fig. 5 is a detailed view.

. The warp ends are carried by a beam 1 carried on a frame-work 2 in any usual manner. The ends are clamped above the place at which they are engaged with the selecting mechanism by a stiff clamp 3 and below this point by a loose clamp 4 in usual manner. Rails 5 are disposed transversely of the frame 2 to carry a carriage 6, on which is mounted mechanism for selecting the individual ends and passin the same one at a time to a suitable positlon for the operator who passes a hook through the heald eyes 7 to one or moreends. The operator then pulls the hook out again through the eye 7 and will cause the ends on the hook to enter into engagement with the eye 8 of a dent hook 9 which is mechanically operated, that is to say the dent hook 9 is reciprocated up and down and thereby fed in known manner through the consecutive teeth of the reed 10. A well known form of automatic dent hook usually hand. operated consists of a loose blade held in a spring clip on a handle. An automatic dent hook is not shown. A form of automatic hook is shown in British Patent No. 101,511of 1916.

The dent hook 9 is carried by a slide 11 sliding. freely on a bar 12 transversely of the fi'ame.2. This bar 12 is carried at each Specification of Letters Patent.

end by a bracket 13 extending from tlcal rod 14 which is mounted to slide vertically between pairs of guides 15. The rod 14 at its lower end is forked and carries a roller 16 engaging a curved slot in a lever 17 keyed to a shaft 18 which passes transversely across the frame 2 and has also keyed to it arms 19 supporting a hand or operating rail' 20. The rail 20 and other mechanism keyed to the shaft 18 is preferably counterweighted as at 21. The vertical rod 14 is. provided with an operating cam 22 which as the rod 14 moves up and down engages a roller on the plunger 23 and causes said plunger 23 to reciprocate horizontally. The

plunger is spring controlled and causes the movement in a horizontal plane of a bar 24' stretching transversely across thevframe 2 and therefore parallel with the beam 1, which bar 24 engages in a fork 25 pivoted on the carriage 6. It will be seen'therefore that to operate the machine the operator will swing the rail 20 by foot or hand and with one hand will operate the drawing-in hook passing the same through one or more heald eyes 7 taking up ends which have been laid out in a convenient position and pass ing them to the eye 8 of the mechanical dent hook. In using this machine therefore the operator would be only using two hands or througheach space of the reed 10, in which case a pawl cam 26 may be provided pivoted to the bar 14 which would only operate the. plunger 23 when the bar 14 is moving in one direction. The cam 22 upon its upward movement operates plunger 23 to present one thread and pawl cam 26 and cam 22 upon' their downward movement, each successively operates plunger 23 to present the second and third threads.

Should for any reason the selecting device mounted on the carriage 6 miss an end then the fork 25 may be oscillated without interruptin the normal sequence or synchronism wlth the bar 14. For this purpose a bell crank lever 27 is provided which is connected to a rod 28 operated byx means of Patented Jan. 21, 1919.,

Application filed August 15, 1917. Serial No. 186,405. I

a foot pedal or the like 29 which can be usedto'repeatthe:selecting operation of an end which has been missed.

'It is obvious that various mechanisms for selecting I ends in correct: sequence and presenting them opposite the desired heald eye 7 may bevused. The arrangement to be de: scribed with reference to Figs. 2 to may if desired be used or of course this latter arrangement can be used where the dent hook 9 is; reoiprocated by hand and is not in positivergconnection with the selecting mech anism.

Thecarriage 6' is slotted at 30 for the passage'of-the pin 31 ofthefork 25. The pin 31' engages with a cam slot 32 of afeeding guidedby pin141, The other arm 42 can rie's a selecting need'le 431' The',bell crank lever- 403 42",is 'fi'ee to turn about the pivot 39, a torsioiig spring 44holds the arm.40 inconstant'contactwith the pin 41. A second; armi or 'ezi-tension 45'; is provided'on the arm 37 whicli" is prvoted at 46 to afeed pawl 47 engage" with -a'ratc'he't drum 48pivoted at 491 toit e plate" The notches 50 between theteeth of the? ratchet drum 48 also serve-the purposeofspaeiirgthe ends' as will heifereinaftefiexplained. A pawl 51 loosely pivoted about 34- a'cts' as a locking pawl for the drum 48 ,;tlie two pawls 47' and 5 1 being control-led' by a springi52. It will be seen therefore that oscillationof the fork 25 will cause the endof the needle 43 (Fig; 3) to pickofi one of a number of ends resting against theed'ge ofthe plate and, move it to ward" acurvecl 's'urface45 on the plate 35.- As

it comes toward this] curved surface it is engaged by thepoint ofthe'arm-V33 which moves, it overthetam surface 45 whenit slipsinto oneanotch of the ratchet wheel 48-. It shou'l-fd'be'understood-that as th'e fork 25%;swings forwardly; the pawl'47 'will enga-ge' one-:"toot'hi and thereby rotate the ratchet-drum- 48 the; distance of one tooth and as"theforli 25 isswungbackwa'rdly the 4Tf's'lipsbacka tooth. Whenthe fork 2 5is; again-"swungforwardlyy the same will engage the next' succeeding tooth of the ratchet drum=48i- A uard plate51 having a pluralityof steppe stops 51'" is provided adjustably'mounted on the plate 35 to act asastop for the-endsof the drawing-in hook which is" threaded througlr the heald eyes and merely pushedagainst the plate 51 when itl willbe obvious" that On'pulling out the'rd'r'awing' h'ool'r any ends which lie in a spaced position between the teeth- 50 of the ratchet drum 48 will be taken away through the heald eyes and thence to the dent hook mechanically operated or otherwise.

Means are further provided for feeding the carriageforward along the row ofends:

step by step. For this purpose a curved arln 52 is pivoted in the top of the plate tal oscillation of a feed pawl-53-which is:

adapted toengage in the teeth of a ratchet wheel 54 carried by the spindle'ofoneof the pairs of wheels 56' which support the can riage 6 on the rails 5. It will consequently be seen that when the pawl 53 is moving'to' and fro the carriage 6 will be-moved along the row of'ends the distance'of one-tooth of the ratchet wheel'54 at atime.

To prevent too rapid' feedlot theca'rriage a feeler 57 is mounted on the plate 35*having:

a preferably adjustable coun-ter-wei ght 58 which gravity feeler has an arm 59 extending in the path ofthe ends so that when a number ofends are lying againstathe'arm 59 the feeler will move about its pivot '60 and consequently cause acatch arm 61 to move over, and retain the arm 5'2 to preventits further oscillationby'thepin 31. When, however, pressure-of the ends on the? arm 59 is released, the counter-weight 58acts-tolift the catch armr6l outo'f engagement'jwith the arm 52*and" the carriage" camthen be fed forward the desired'amount.

To enable the carriagetobe removed from its supportingrails 5;; one 1 pair of wheels,

for in stance, 'a-"pair 62 engaging the: under surface of the rails 57, 1s -mounted' on a" square bar 63- passing through the plate 85 and having a nut 64 at its top-end" between which and the-pl ate 35 the-spring 65'is arranged. The top- 'endof' the-bar 63 iscircular so that the wheels 62 may be pulleddown against the' ac'tion of the'sprin -c5 and turnedqi'n a plane at ri htian-gles to-"enable the carriage tobe l i'fted oifthe rails. To enable the device to be immediately useful for ends" of varying counts the arm 42 maybe provided with; a carrier such' as 66 (Fig. 5) provided" with a *number of needles 43, 43" and-'45. adapted to pick up ends of different counts asp ring6? enabling the-holder 66 to' be clamped securely in} the position corresponding} to the counts otfthe; ends'on the warp hea-m inuse.

Wedeclare that what We-oIa-imis-:-- p 1. A device for facilitating thethreading of a loom reed, consisting ofmeans to select warp ends, means to position the -said ends for manual threading through the healdeye, a "denting hook" reciprocated mechanically through the reed and adaptedto move step by step along it for successive engagement with the dents of the reed, and independent means to operate said selecting device an extra time whenever the mechanical selecting device may miss any warp end and thereby maintaining the denting hook in its synchronism therewith.

2. A device for facilitating the threading of a loom reed consisting of means to select warp ends, means to position said ends for manual threading through the heald eye, a denting hook reciprocated mechanically through the reed and adapted to move step by step along it for successive engagement with the dents of the reed, independent means to operate said selecting device an extra time whenever said selecting device may miss any warp end and thereby maintaining the denting hook in its synchronism therewith, and means to operate the selecting means twice or more times for each reciprocation of the denting hook, so that two or more ends are presented in position for drawing-in through the single dent of the reed.

3. A device for facilitating the threading of a loom reed, consisting of a frame supporting the reed, a transverse bar on said frame, a dent hook, adapted to move along step by step and successively through the dents of the reed, and carried by said transverse bar, means to carry the warp beam on said frame, means to select one end at a time from the warp depending from said beam, a finger positioning said ends in a position remote from the path of the dent hook for their manual transference to the dent hook, means for holding such end when positioned by the finger, and actuating means connected to said finger and said transverse bar to operate the finger in synchronism with the dent hook.

4., A device for selecting the ends in the drawing-in of weaving warps comprising in combination, a needle adapted to select warp ends, a moving positioning finger for acting on said end, and a toothed wheel rotating step by step in synchronism with the needle and finger which in turn takes up an end in one of its teeth as it is received from the said finger, so that successive ends are selected in spaced teeth on its periphery in predetermined relationship.

5. A device for selecting the ends in the drawing-in of weaving warps comprising in combination, a needle adapted to select warp ends, a moving positioning finger for acting on said end, a toothed wheel rotating step by step in synchronism with the needle and the finger which in turn takes up an end in one of its teeth as it is received from the said finger, so that successive ends are selected in spaced teeth on its periphery in predetermined relationship, and a guard plate arranged in proximity to the rotating drum to receive and limit the position of the manually operated drawing-in hook.

6. A device for selecting the ends in the drawing-in of weaving warps comprising in combination, a needle adapted to select warp ends, a moving positioning finger for acting on said end, a toothed wheel rotating step by step in synchronism with the needle and the finger which in turn takes up an end in one of its teeth as it is received from the said finger, so that successive ends are selected in spaced teeth on its periphery in predetermined relationship, and an adjustable guard plate arranged in proximity to a rotatin drum, and having a plurality of steppe stops to receive and limit the position of the manually operated drawing-in hooks.

7 A device for selecting the ends in the drawing-in of weaving warps comprising in combination, a needle adapted to select warp ends, a moving positioning finger for acting on said ends, a toothed wheel, rotating step by step in synchronism with the needle and the finger, which in turn takes up an end in one of its teeth as it is received from the said finger, so that successive ends are selected in spaced teeth on its periphery in predetermined relationship, an operating bar for operating said finger, said selecting needle, and said toothed wheel, a reciprocating rod supported adjacent said operating bar, tappets carried by said rod for reciprocating said bar as said rod is reciprocated.

8. A device for selecting the ends in the drawing-in of weaving warps, comprising in combination with the needle to select warp ends, a moving positioning finger for acting on an end, a toothed wheel rotating step by step in synchronism with the needle and finger which in turn takes up an end in one of its teeth as it is received from the said finger, so that successive ends are selected in spaced teeth on its periphery in predetermined relationship, an operating bar or plunger for operating said finger, said selecting needle and said toothed wheel, a reciprocating rod supported adjacent said operating bar, cams carried by said rod, one of which is mounted to engage and swing said bar as said rod is reciprocated.

In witness whereof, we have hereunto signed our names this 12th day of July 1917, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

FRANK WARD. HARRY FLEMING.

Witnesses:

ERNALD SIMPSON MOSELEY, MARION E. CLOUD.

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